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Lord of the Rings Campaign continues....

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So this time we we look at another 2 turns of the campaign, which will include some recruitment so you will get to see how that is achieved in this campaign. Year 1, Month 2 Year 1, Month 2 North   In North it was relatively quite this time round. With the forces of Good in the Northwest deciding to push their advantage into the Misty Mountains. Unfortunately evil side had seen and moved both they banners to the location.     So a quick run over some rules. If i haven't mentioned before cavalry banners move 2 spaces. At the beginning of the turn both sides right down all their orders for their banners and are all revealed at once. In the case as in here where two banners have moved to a fighting location, then each banner is built as a separate force, which will break as individuals too. Though for scoring VP in a scenario, count the whole force as one. This makes rapidly formed banners a little more fragile than a single banner of the same points.    Even with the h

Lord of the Rings SBG Campaign begins...

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  So with the net back its time to start catching up with my campaign. We are already 4 months in! But before that i have one more practice battle report up against the Harad: Click here for report. Metal knights with Milliput shields using a greenstuff mold.   So on to the campaign: Year 1 Month 1    So as said previously this campaign uses a node map and banners. Each banner is assigned a points value and you may create a banner between 200-1000pts. So anyone can fight at any banner with whatever models. this allows a club to be more fluid in the campaign, allowing different players on each side to cover for missing team mates etc. The only other considerations required is if your banner is a cavalry banner (which must be marked) and also named heroes are assigned to banners they fight at... this stops heroes from jumping around the map for any fights.   Also an important note, if a named hero dies, that hero cannot be used again in the campaign (in any guise -